# OCL for OpenMRS squad **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Concept Lab\ **Created:** [December 6, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831 "2019-12-06T07:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mogoodrich/32/3324_2.png) [@mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mogoodrich)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/1 "2019-12-06T07:47:13Z")
Should we start using this channel to keep track of the OCL squad and it work? I’m having a hard time of late keeping track of all the initiatives, using channels may actually help with this? @ball @mozzy @herbert24 @akanter ---
**Author:** ![ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ball/32/277_2.png) [@ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ball)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/2 "2019-12-06T08:00:07Z")
Thanks for the prompt, @mogoodrich. These are the [notes from yesterday’s OCL Birds of a Feather (BOF)](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kAVpLgDUNXplHK8Ao_rMj8EWav1nZv7cL2hno-ZSpM/edit#). Join the slack channel for OCL: OpenMRS #OCL Look for the first squad meeting next week. Confirming with @paynejd about Wednesday/time. @mozzy @herbert24 @akanter ---
**Author:** ![mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mogoodrich/32/3324_2.png) [@mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mogoodrich)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/3 "2019-12-06T08:06:13Z")
Thanks @ball, you beat me to it re: the Slack channel. I don’t have much experience with Slack but I wonder if some of the project management tools listed here would be at all helpful? > **[The 13 Free Slack Apps That Will Make Your Team Even More Productive](https://zapier.com/blog/best-free-slack-apps/)** > > Slack is a natural hub for many businesses, thanks to its powerful chat tools—but chat alone isn't enough to get things done. For all those extra features to take action on your conversations and make decisions without opening another program or tab,... (Or any other ones people know of, that was just a link I found after a quick google search) ---
**Author:** ![herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/herbert24/32/8178_2.png) [@herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/herbert24)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/4 "2019-12-06T22:13:30Z")
its fine we can also use this channel ---
**Author:** ![darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/darius/32/8082_2.png) [@darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/darius)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/5 "2019-12-08T08:49:37Z")
I don’t know what people discussed at #OMRS19, and I’m certainly not the most important person here, but I’m happy to follow Talk and engage where I can, but I will not follow a slack channel. ---
**Author:** ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/6 "2019-12-10T14:59:51Z")
@mogoodrich, thanks for establishing this thread! And a shout out to @ball for the link to the notes from the OMRS19 BoF session that focused on setting up a squad. That meeting went some ways towards figuring out the scope of the squad and who will be doing what. We still need to finish that discussion, including how decisions will get made - and deciding what communication channel(s) to use (see more about [communication channels and squads here](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/community-communication-channels-tools/24928)). To @darius’ point about Slack, there’s no obligation for the squad to use Slack. It’s more important for the squad to agree on what will work best for those on the squad and let everyone know where the conversation is happening. I suggest that we continue the OMRS19 discussion and talk through these aspects during an upcoming OCL for OpenMRS kickoff call. @herbert24 agreed to PM the first few sprints, so hopefully he can help us set up a call for this week. ---
**Author:** ![herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/herbert24/32/8178_2.png) [@herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/herbert24)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/7 "2019-12-10T15:14:37Z")
sure,i am going to set up the call in less than an hour from now ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/8 "2019-12-10T22:06:39Z")
> [@jennifer](#): > > It’s more important for the squad to agree on what will work best for those on the squad and let everyone know where the conversation is happening. Do we have any plans for involving those who may not be on slack? ---
**Author:** ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/9 "2019-12-11T00:10:01Z")
@dkayiwa, that’s a great question for the squad to discuss and figure out. ---
**Author:** ![herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/herbert24/32/8178_2.png) [@herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/herbert24)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/10 "2019-12-11T07:11:03Z")
yes sure i got to see that we have less people at slack and i make communications on both slack and talk as seen here [Choosing convenient time for our OCL calls](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/choosing-convenient-time-for-our-ocl-calls/25887/2) ---
**Author:** ![ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ball/32/277_2.png) [@ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ball)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/11 "2019-12-11T18:38:26Z")
From today’s first squad meeting… - Weekly meetings on Wednesdays: 3pm UTC; 6pm EAT; 10AM EST (Boston); 9AM CST (Chicago); 7AM (Seattle) - Minutes: [https://notes.openmrs.org/2019-12-11\_OCL-for-OpenMRS](https://notes.openmrs.org/2019-12-11_OCL-for-OpenMRS) - Communications: Talk (primary), JIRA, Uberconference, Slack (rapid feedback only), OpenMRS wiki - Updated OCL project wiki page: [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Open+Concept+Lab+(OCL)+for+OpenMRS](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Open+Concept+Lab+%28OCL%29+for+OpenMRS) Action items: - Update the wiki page(s) and re-organize information (everyone) - Review the squad membership and join/unjoin (everyone) - Write use cases for PIH (Ellen) ---
**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/12 "2019-12-12T06:59:46Z")
@ball @herbert24 @jennifer erbert do you have the link to the recorded call ? ---
**Author:** ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/13 "2019-12-12T13:41:04Z")
@ball thanks for sharing the outcomes of yesterday’s squad meeting - and to everyone who joined us! Here is the [recording of the call](https://www.uberconference.com/getmp3/AMIfv96KjYAx5bmTBlcoEWWmN1wbtZB2eGXe3SWF5tO6ikgGXfYTY9PeET-0m7YYMbU4W2J-joajsIOQOjCx288okqQiA7xhi3G5UrnpJnistL8PmbItgCETfyty7HT-Qvgjjomu6_pP_VYdFvSGY6Vrb6hUCgfpOQ.mp3). ---
**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/14 "2019-12-12T14:06:03Z")
Thanks Jennifer. ---
**Author:** ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/15 "2019-12-12T14:57:05Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [2019-12-12: Operations Meeting](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/2019-12-12-operations-meeting/25933/2) ---
**Author:** ![akanter](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/akanter/32/331_2.png) [@akanter](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/akanter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/16 "2019-12-11T17:49:59Z")
@mseaton and I met today at the product-change committee meeting time :). We spoke about OCL for OpenMRS and added some additional requirements to the backlog for that squad’s project: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kAVpLgDUNXplHK8Ao\_rMj8EWav1nZv7cL2hno-ZSpM](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kAVpLgDUNXplHK8Ao_rMj8EWav1nZv7cL2hno-ZSpM) Highlighted in dark red, this encompasses functionality necessary for the OCL for OpenMRS pages as well as the subscription module. @paynejd and @ball should review as Ellen will be documenting PIH-specific use cases for the requirement definition. Here is the link to a recording of our call: [https://www.uberconference.com/pastconferences/5024684048187392](https://www.uberconference.com/pastconferences/5024684048187392) ---
**Author:** ![mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mogoodrich/32/3324_2.png) [@mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mogoodrich)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/17 "2019-12-11T21:55:38Z")
Thanks @akanter and @mseaton I just glanced at this, and added some comments on the new additions (but I need to review the whole document as well). Take care, Mark ---
**Author:** ![mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mogoodrich/32/3324_2.png) [@mogoodrich](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mogoodrich)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/18 "2019-12-12T18:53:03Z")
I just reviewed the document a little and added a few more features. I hope to spend a little more time playing around with the current functionality today and will see if any other feature requests coe out of that. It seems like next steps would be to start taking the “What’s Needed?” list in this document and start fleshing things out a little more and prioritizing and ticketing. @herbert24 or @mozzy would this be something either of you would be interested in taking on? I also took a look at the “OCL for OpenMRS” project and there’s still an active sprint with it looks like 40-50 tickets in the “TO DO” column: [https://issues.openmrs.org/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=180&projectKey=OCLOMRS](https://issues.openmrs.org/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=180&projectKey=OCLOMRS) So it looks like there will be a fair amount of PM work there triaging tickets and getting things in order. The good news is, outside of that sprint, there appears to only be 3 tickets in the backlog? We probably want to just close out the current sprint and put all the incomplete tickets in the backlog. Take care, Mark ---
**Author:** ![ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ball/32/277_2.png) [@ball](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ball)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/19 "2019-12-12T20:01:28Z")
I’ve done some re-organization of the OCL wiki documentation and started with this one which I formatted like the Micro frontend project page: [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Open+Concept+Lab+(OCL)+for+OpenMRS](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/projects/Open+Concept+Lab+%28OCL%29+for+OpenMRS) There’s many documents (on the wiki and google docs) which should be centralized and organized on the wiki. Continuing to document PIH use cases which I’ll share next week. ---
**Author:** ![herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/herbert24/32/8178_2.png) [@herbert24](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/herbert24)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831/20 "2019-12-13T09:03:33Z")
hi mark,sure i am going to take on this [Next page](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ocl-for-openmrs-squad/25831.md?page=2)